Lucy P. Marcus

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In this edition of “In the Boardroom with Lucy Marcus,” Lucy Marcus and Axel Threlfall are joined by the CEO of technology startup PeerIndex, Azeem Azhar, to talk about what the boards of early-stage companies should look like and do.

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Last year 60 Minutes and Jon Krakauer investigated Greg Mortenson, the executive director of the Central Asia Institute (CAI) and author of the best-selling, and, it seems, largely fabricated, Three Cups of Tea. They discovered that he had violated the trust of the people who donated money to the CAI and of those he was claiming to help. This past week Montana’s attorney general said Mortenson must repay $1 million to the CAI. He is allowed to remain with the charity, but can no longer serve as a board member, nor is he allowed to hold a position of financial responsibility.

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On Tuesday, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest pension fund in the United States, wrote to Facebook to address the fact that the company has an unusually small, insular board with no women. With this bold and public step, CalSTRS brought to the fore an issue of genuine concern: diversity in the boardroom.

Author Profile

Lucy P. Marcus is a board chair and non-executive director. The CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting, she is also Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School, and has received the Thinkers 50 “Future Thinkers” Award. She can be found on Twitter at @lucymarcus.